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obama: all right. governor, the problem is that on a whole range offish hues whether it's -- issues whether it's the middle east, whether it's afghanistan, whether it's iraq, whether it's now iran, you've been all over the map. i mean, i'm pleased that you now are endorsing our policy of applying diplomatic pressure and potentially having bilateral discussions with the iranians to end their nuclear program. but just a few years ago you said that's something you'd never do. in the same way that you initially opposed a timetable in afghanistan. now you're for it, although it depends. in the same way that you say you would have ended the war in iraq but recently gave a speech saying that we should have 20,000 more folks in there. the same way that you said that it was mission creep to go after gadhafi. when it comes to going after osama bin laden, you said, well, any president would make that call. but when you were a candidate in 2008 -- as i was -- and i said if i got bin laden in our sights, i would ta
obama: all right. governor, the problem is that on a whole range offish hues whether it's -- issues whether it's the middle east, whether it's afghanistan, whether it's iraq, whether it's now iran, you've been all over the map. i mean, i'm pleased that you now are endorsing our policy of applying diplomatic pressure and potentially having bilateral discussions with the iranians to end their nuclear program. but just a few years ago you said that's something you'd never do. in the same way that...
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present obama's accommodation shows he considers conscience rights to be an inconvenience andto effort to remake american decision. that is why we need to be -- thf respect for rights of conscious act,nc there will respect for rights of conscious act is introduced by my colleague from my neighboring state, senator blunt who seeks to restore conscious protections thatheal existed before president obama's health care law. these are the same protections and i think this is reallye t s important, these are the same t protections that have existed ys for more than 220 years since the first amendment was ratified. the senator from missouri spello has been an amendment to the surface transportation act and we expect to vote on it as early as tomorrow.w.comm theen amendment's goal is commendable and i look forward tord supporting it. it is simply asking the president to respect the ma americans. many long-standing federal health care conscience laws protect conscientiousio objectis to certain types of medical services.ose .. sterilizeizations, contraceptives, including emergency contraceptives
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>> guest: i think it's great the obama administration, human rights and robert king has been able to make a trip to the korea. two trips are more. i mean, i think that's great. the more we can open a dialogue with other users of issues the north, the better. admittedly part of what he was doing, as you know well, with straight to negotiate a humanitarian assistance package in terms of food more than human rights abuses. the fact that he was there is very important. as you know well, the dialogue on human rights is kind of a ridiculous dialogue because you can tell them you need to improve the human rights situation and the response will be had this conversation at the official level. the response will be commuted the united states have human rights problems, too. and that is not a comparable discussion. and so, i think what president bush wanted to do was he wanted to make this an issue that people know about. and he wise, as he put it, he wanted to do something. he wanted his presidency by the time he left the oval office, he wanted to do something to improve the lives of north kore
>> guest: i think it's great the obama administration, human rights and robert king has been able to make a trip to the korea. two trips are more. i mean, i think that's great. the more we can open a dialogue with other users of issues the north, the better. admittedly part of what he was doing, as you know well, with straight to negotiate a humanitarian assistance package in terms of food more than human rights abuses. the fact that he was there is very important. as you know well, the...
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i thought obama it exactly right. it's a good thing for the country that president obama has been tough on violent jihadist. i think it's unfortunate that they botched up the issue of detention that it seems that they sometimes kill in certain circumstance where we should capture and select good intelligence, but that seems to be sometimes almost to be a quibble because i frankly -- i thought obama was right when he talked about pakistan, but i didn't believe him. so, you know, he proved me wrong. when he got in, he has been very tough on pakistan and yemen and all kinds of different pockets. that's said, being tough on violent jihadist has made it a lot easier for him to have maneuvering room in terms of dealing with the muslim brotherhood. i don't have in front of me, you know, whatever it is you're quoting, but my rex is that was what i was trying to get at. in other words, the fact that he has cracked down aggressively on violent jihadist in my ways more aggressively than president bush did has made it easier to e
i thought obama it exactly right. it's a good thing for the country that president obama has been tough on violent jihadist. i think it's unfortunate that they botched up the issue of detention that it seems that they sometimes kill in certain circumstance where we should capture and select good intelligence, but that seems to be sometimes almost to be a quibble because i frankly -- i thought obama was right when he talked about pakistan, but i didn't believe him. so, you know, he proved me...
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he had a very partisan critique of obama right in the middle of the unfolding of events. then he backed off as critical. he did not really suggest anything in particular that he would do differently with regard to what is clearly a very unstable situation. that being said, i think the caller reflects an important point of view that is out there and one that obama and romney to reflect, which is the questions about al qaeda and u.s. national security is really what american voters do care about. they may be less concerned about what is happening with the new constitution in tunisia and it is an important moment. but they are certainly concerned if the instability of this upheaval gives rise to new governance. which allows al qaeda before us. arguably, that is exactly what has happened in benghazi and parts of libya. libya is a new semi- failed state. it doesn't have this. on the specifics of the incident, there isn't a official investigation underway, the state department has launched an official accountability review board. early into the investigations, so we don't have
he had a very partisan critique of obama right in the middle of the unfolding of events. then he backed off as critical. he did not really suggest anything in particular that he would do differently with regard to what is clearly a very unstable situation. that being said, i think the caller reflects an important point of view that is out there and one that obama and romney to reflect, which is the questions about al qaeda and u.s. national security is really what american voters do care about....
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greatest failing is not that he doesn't believe the right things, but he doesn't show leadership in mobilizing public support to get them done. the fact is he showed a tremendous ability during the campaign to convince people that this -- with the bush administration was doing was not in our public interest and he used to say every day we are going to close guantanamo and stand up for habeas corpus, that protecting our security is consistent with our principles. we are stronger because of it. he needs to do that again and we need to push him to do it. we need to push him to show leadership. we can't. i struggle to get facts. he has the bully pulpit. he should use it. >> i know you have to go. >> this one here. >> hello. my name is cynthia from vernon new york and this is for all of you folks out there. would you agree that one way to let our president no how we stand on this issue is for to encourage every person everywhere to call up four, five, 61, one, one, which is the white house line where people, citizens can call up and give your opinion. last time you remember, some of you
greatest failing is not that he doesn't believe the right things, but he doesn't show leadership in mobilizing public support to get them done. the fact is he showed a tremendous ability during the campaign to convince people that this -- with the bush administration was doing was not in our public interest and he used to say every day we are going to close guantanamo and stand up for habeas corpus, that protecting our security is consistent with our principles. we are stronger because of it....
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so if you were in the white house right now, and you are in president obama situation, what would you do to try to re-create that situation? >> of course, trying to channel president obama, he has just been reelected, he has a mandate. there were a lot of issues that were not very clear. the one about raising revenue was clear. it's not a full program. really the goal has to be to adopt a bipartisan long-term debt reduction program for america. so i made the statement that the president was leaving the little room, which he did, and now i can go to work in a very personal way. and i will tell you respectfully but i think the president, i will put it this way. he reached a conclusion somewhere in his first two years that the republicans were not quite cooperate with him. and i understand why, but i think that he stopped trying too soon. i think this time, with this mandate, he has to channel lyndon johnson. he can't give up and he also has to -- the solution to this is leadership and apolitical backbone and a willingness to take on the groups of the margins of both parties, which drive
so if you were in the white house right now, and you are in president obama situation, what would you do to try to re-create that situation? >> of course, trying to channel president obama, he has just been reelected, he has a mandate. there were a lot of issues that were not very clear. the one about raising revenue was clear. it's not a full program. really the goal has to be to adopt a bipartisan long-term debt reduction program for america. so i made the statement that the president...
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we're generally, president obama was right in january and february 2011 to increase the change underway and the united states deserves credit for praising what the president called this hopeful moment to open nature to the prospect of universal rights, then we have a responsibility to follow through and to say whether a general that hopeful moment is being pursued and whether we can still support because in fact that is really what much of this is about. the egyptians know whether or not they're going down a path and deserve to know whether they are going to bypass that america can still support and indeed, they deserve to know that sooner rather than later, rather than weak enough one morning and finding 535 people on capitol hill are going to say they are in a path that america cannot support. so i believe we should have been bolder. not to mention that we about this or that article, but older in her statements in terms of the process and content of this constitutional development. next question i have yet, hillary. >> hi, hillary kruger for ambassador cohen. he talked on the operatio
we're generally, president obama was right in january and february 2011 to increase the change underway and the united states deserves credit for praising what the president called this hopeful moment to open nature to the prospect of universal rights, then we have a responsibility to follow through and to say whether a general that hopeful moment is being pursued and whether we can still support because in fact that is really what much of this is about. the egyptians know whether or not...
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is that right? >> we did recommend the secretary cancel the demonstration. >> ms. ignani, president obama during the large discussions around the passage of the new health care law made much of the argument that if you like your plan come you'll be able to keep it. can you reflect on sort of how the reality is, what your members are dealing with and their ability to offer products that existed before the enactment of the health care law and what your dealing with now? >> well, first on the medicare advantage arena as well as the commercial arena, we do everything we can to bring costs down and to improve quality. that is that beneficiaries want and purchasers want. as we look at the past with respect to aca and medicare, we are very concerned about the future impacts. we are going to continue to do everything we can to bring costs down and improve quality. but if you look at the scale and the size plus the premium tax, that combines the impact. we are very concerned the data we provide in our testimony cbo gives you a window into the potential effect. and so, the h
is that right? >> we did recommend the secretary cancel the demonstration. >> ms. ignani, president obama during the large discussions around the passage of the new health care law made much of the argument that if you like your plan come you'll be able to keep it. can you reflect on sort of how the reality is, what your members are dealing with and their ability to offer products that existed before the enactment of the health care law and what your dealing with now? >> well,...
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i'll be interested to hear from the panel out the obama administration would apply the funds and how they would affect the pace of new embassy embassy construction and staffing levels in the security service. in the end, however, our embassies are unlikely to beboth effective and safe if congress fails to devote adequate funding to the 150 account which stays for state department operations. do not forget lessons learned in the 1990s when the sharp budget cuts at the state department at the same time establishing many new embassies in the former soviet union and the bulkans. this led to difficulties that took years to correct. the state department budget is a popular target for cuts. in recent years, we avoided the decline that the state department suffered in the 1990s. it's still possible to vote on indiscriminate proposals showing little understanding of the contributions of the state department to the safety and prosperity of the country. diplomacy is not a luxury. it is essential to american national security especially in a ere era of terrorism. i look forward to a discussion w
i'll be interested to hear from the panel out the obama administration would apply the funds and how they would affect the pace of new embassy embassy construction and staffing levels in the security service. in the end, however, our embassies are unlikely to beboth effective and safe if congress fails to devote adequate funding to the 150 account which stays for state department operations. do not forget lessons learned in the 1990s when the sharp budget cuts at the state department at the...
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right after the comments that obama made talking about recurring to the news talk words stressing the diplomacy was his preferred option for dealing with ukrainian nuclear program. ayatollah khamenei elite leader said building nuclear weapons with the great sin, unquote. and he praised obama, which is not something the supreme leader of iran often does for such remarks are good and indicate a step out of dilutions. he also at the same time claimed that economic sanctions that have been close to having absolutely no effect. as some of the sanctions are having a huge effect and i think it's another reason why we might actually have a diplomatic option in front of us. for those of you who haven't been following it, the sanctions around like anything imposed on iran since the 1979 revolution. they had to muster crimean that has been imposed on any government. if you look in terms of the u.n. sanctions combined with the american sanctions and europeans pensions cannot rename things are excommunicated from the international financial system. there were few banks that can do any kind of tran
right after the comments that obama made talking about recurring to the news talk words stressing the diplomacy was his preferred option for dealing with ukrainian nuclear program. ayatollah khamenei elite leader said building nuclear weapons with the great sin, unquote. and he praised obama, which is not something the supreme leader of iran often does for such remarks are good and indicate a step out of dilutions. he also at the same time claimed that economic sanctions that have been close to...
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i am happy with the obama administration decision to stand with and respect women. i hope that students at the religious affiliated colleges and universities will not continue to be denied the basic rate of contraceptives because our insurance plans do not cover the services. it is not my place to tell the catholic church what to believe. but as a student, i must speak out about what i believe when it comes to a decision that will directly impact my peers and on. college students trust their universities. it is their job to nurture and support us so that we can be the best people we can be. and as we grow and to those people it is their job to trust us as well. denying the contraceptive services is no way to support your students. women should be able to access both control and universities should be facilitating that access and not restricting it. that is and will close on, georgetown, that is respecting me as a whole person. i am not, nor will i be ashamed of my decision to access birth control. and university the disrespect women and their concerns by denying acc
i am happy with the obama administration decision to stand with and respect women. i hope that students at the religious affiliated colleges and universities will not continue to be denied the basic rate of contraceptives because our insurance plans do not cover the services. it is not my place to tell the catholic church what to believe. but as a student, i must speak out about what i believe when it comes to a decision that will directly impact my peers and on. college students trust their...
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what is it in your first book about obama that made you cast him as a centrist? >> well, i always thought he was a pragmatist, and pretty much his overall approach to issues as an illinois state senator, in the u.s. senator, and when you read the audacity of hope, his book about his all-together brief senate career. it's clear he's not an ideolog. i -- i always thought that, you know, the idea of him as a socialist or whatever was just a smear. >> how did he get painted that way, or was there an element of truth to it? >> this is quite a bit about what the next book is about -- >> margaret talked bow -- >> the smear, there was a concerted effort started even before he became president, but really accelerated in 2009 to destroy him politically for the purposes of regaining power, and so it was not a conspiracy, but there were a lot of people who had, you know, a similar interest in trying to paint him as something that he was not. i mean, we all know about the whole birther movement and everything. one of the amazing parts about that is that how far it moved into
what is it in your first book about obama that made you cast him as a centrist? >> well, i always thought he was a pragmatist, and pretty much his overall approach to issues as an illinois state senator, in the u.s. senator, and when you read the audacity of hope, his book about his all-together brief senate career. it's clear he's not an ideolog. i -- i always thought that, you know, the idea of him as a socialist or whatever was just a smear. >> how did he get painted that way, or...
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and we never should have discussed the content of congress either we have the right for the documents and we should get all of them and we have no business here. with respect to executive privilege, mr. chairman, i'm going to resist the temptation to contrast senator obama's position on executive privilege with president obama's as isham executive privilege but the juxtaposition is stark. if he wasn't a part of the drafting of the fed to worry fourth letter if he didn't know before brian terrie was murdered the what in the world as the asserting executive privilege for. he's either a part of it or he's not. if he is part of it, then we have had a series of witnesses that have misled this committee. if he's not a part of it, then he has no business asserting executive privilege. >> leader in the day the house oversight committee voted to hold the attorney general eric holder in contempt of congress. the vote was along party lines. the full house is scheduled to vote on the measure next week. this was something owls under the rug and kept from not only the american people but the mexica
and we never should have discussed the content of congress either we have the right for the documents and we should get all of them and we have no business here. with respect to executive privilege, mr. chairman, i'm going to resist the temptation to contrast senator obama's position on executive privilege with president obama's as isham executive privilege but the juxtaposition is stark. if he wasn't a part of the drafting of the fed to worry fourth letter if he didn't know before brian terrie...
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obama has a war against white heritage of something. i don't understand it. >> host: gary johnson. >> guest: well, we should not discriminate, and i think government policies in the past have gotten us to a point where i really don't see that discrimination. so, i'm going to sign on to legislation repealing affirmative action because i think we have moved beyond that. but i'll just offer up a prediction again. obama, romney, we're going find ourselves with a heightened police state, find ourselves with continued military interventions that are going to result? we bomb iran, we're going to find ourselves with 100 million enemies to this country we wouldn't have otherwise had, and this unsustainable debt and spending, the day is sooner than later, and we all recognize that we have to address it, and yet we're arguing over who is going to spend more money on medicare when we should have an absolute raging debate and discussion over how we have to cut significantly into that program if we're going to have healthcare at all for those over 65
obama has a war against white heritage of something. i don't understand it. >> host: gary johnson. >> guest: well, we should not discriminate, and i think government policies in the past have gotten us to a point where i really don't see that discrimination. so, i'm going to sign on to legislation repealing affirmative action because i think we have moved beyond that. but i'll just offer up a prediction again. obama, romney, we're going find ourselves with a heightened police state,...
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we will put barack obama and keep him in the white house for four more years for it right here, we can do it. from now until november, here's what i want to do. we need every single one of you to work like you've never worked before. young people like so many of you here have always driven barack's campaign with your energy and passion. we need you to talk to everyone you know -- that student sitting next to her class, young people, your parents or grandparents. let them know what this election means for your future remind them of all the things that this president has accomplished bring them to events like this one make sure that you and they are registered to vote. [cheers] [applause] that's the first step. you have to be registered, especially for students if you've just moved. if you haven't reregistered, you have to think about your situation. or if you have never voted before, then they definitely need to register or if you change your address, you may need to reregister. we have volunteers here today who can help make that happen. they are here today once you're registered, make
we will put barack obama and keep him in the white house for four more years for it right here, we can do it. from now until november, here's what i want to do. we need every single one of you to work like you've never worked before. young people like so many of you here have always driven barack's campaign with your energy and passion. we need you to talk to everyone you know -- that student sitting next to her class, young people, your parents or grandparents. let them know what this election...
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if you look at the obama administration, and you look at the greater middle east right now, the reality is that the three of us don't have sufficient time to go through all the things they'll confront. this is a thumbnail sketch on issues i think will be most prominent in the early going. iran, almost by definition, an issue that preoccupied the president from the beginning of the administration. it's going to be more important in 2013. i'll explain why 2013 is a decisive year one way or the other. the arab awakening. i use the term "awakening" a posed to "spring" because i think it's been an awakening. spring implied a quick transformation, early flowering, all see this wonderful reestablishment of a new middle east, and it was going to happen in a linnier fashion, and we're going to be thrilled by it, and the fact is, to say at some point this arab achenning may not, in fact, produce a really genuine change that could be for the better, but what's worth noting is it takes a long time before it materializes, if it does. that's on the agenda to shape what the president does. syria is on
if you look at the obama administration, and you look at the greater middle east right now, the reality is that the three of us don't have sufficient time to go through all the things they'll confront. this is a thumbnail sketch on issues i think will be most prominent in the early going. iran, almost by definition, an issue that preoccupied the president from the beginning of the administration. it's going to be more important in 2013. i'll explain why 2013 is a decisive year one way or the...
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right now, it is true that we are dependent on the russians to get our crews to the international space station, but our industry partners are leading milestones and making steady progress toward getting crews and cargo to space so that we only have to rely on this foreign outsourcing for as short a period of time as possible. when the decision was made to retire the shuttle in 2004, we always knew there would be a gap in our space flight capability, in a few months, however, space x and orbital scientists will launch their dragon and signature -- signus capsules to merge with the space station, something being done on a commercial basis for the very first time. this follows the successful launch, orbit, and in-tact recovery of a space x dragon capsule at the end of 2010. i have also seen sierra nevada's dream chaser vehicles in bolder, colorado. i've seen blue origin in washington. their launch system in the new shepherd vehicle that will fly experiments into suborbital space. i visited the new herossal integration facility that will support medium class mission capable with orbital as
right now, it is true that we are dependent on the russians to get our crews to the international space station, but our industry partners are leading milestones and making steady progress toward getting crews and cargo to space so that we only have to rely on this foreign outsourcing for as short a period of time as possible. when the decision was made to retire the shuttle in 2004, we always knew there would be a gap in our space flight capability, in a few months, however, space x and...
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right after the iranian presidential election in 2009, ahmadinejad send a message to barack obama via the former head of iaea that he wanted, ahmadinejad wanted direct talks with the united states and is ready to cooperate and help the in afghanistan and elsewhere. this was the message. in october 2009 the highest-level talks ever held between american and iranians took place between u.s. undersecretary and iran's top nuclear negotiator. president barack obama also made some unprecedented diplomatic gestures toward iran. raising hopes that animosities that have plagued u.s./iran relations for the past three decades might be overcome, and rapprochement achieved. president obama's call for engagement without precondition and set was the first for any american president since iran's 1979 revolution. hence, obama's initial gesture were met with positive sign from tehran. obama sent two letters to iran's supreme leader, ayatollah khamenei, who responded. in addition to two add information have -- administration have quietly encouraged one-half-track dialogue in one former high u.s. officia
right after the iranian presidential election in 2009, ahmadinejad send a message to barack obama via the former head of iaea that he wanted, ahmadinejad wanted direct talks with the united states and is ready to cooperate and help the in afghanistan and elsewhere. this was the message. in october 2009 the highest-level talks ever held between american and iranians took place between u.s. undersecretary and iran's top nuclear negotiator. president barack obama also made some unprecedented...
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a day to come back to the original comparison between obama and coolidge. i'm reminded of jean hughley to decimate outcome of the close of the presidency, which claimed the american people what two contradictory things. one, they have been increasingly the opinion of the actual performance of their presidents and other national leaders, but two, they want to give those national leaders more and more things to do. and that seems to me to be a fundamental difference between coolidge. this comes back to that spotters point about humility. my question is, how do you return to a state of affairs in which there's more responsibility for their own affairs and have less responsibility to the federal government in washington? >> so let's start with the resurgence of protectionism. anyone want to take a shot at that? >> i had a couple thoughts. >> for some outcome of "the wall street journal" op-ed two weeks ago was exactly on that issue. while i was not worried about it for many quarters that the financial crisis, there were worrisome signs others are beginning to i
a day to come back to the original comparison between obama and coolidge. i'm reminded of jean hughley to decimate outcome of the close of the presidency, which claimed the american people what two contradictory things. one, they have been increasingly the opinion of the actual performance of their presidents and other national leaders, but two, they want to give those national leaders more and more things to do. and that seems to me to be a fundamental difference between coolidge. this comes...
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he testified twice before the human rights commission. amazingly, he is a heroic man. i chaired the other. one of his recommendations was that president obama should speak with president hu jintao about freeing a number of prisoners, including chen guangcheng. now, mr. chen himself may be included in the list of whose behalf the united states advocates for. chinese nationals are not the only ones being prohibited from trying to meet his or chen. the foreign correspondents club of china reported in early may that officials threatened to revoke the visas of foreign journalists who entered the hospital without permission. many journalists have demonstrated amazing courage and lot of role perseverance, and publicizing mr. chen's flight. it is largely due to their promotion of mr. chen's case, that has reached this stage to the united states. i would earnestly ask them not to forget mr. chen and his family and extend his family and others like are risking their security on his nap. before i turn to our panelists as distinguished witnesses witnesses to discuss current events
he testified twice before the human rights commission. amazingly, he is a heroic man. i chaired the other. one of his recommendations was that president obama should speak with president hu jintao about freeing a number of prisoners, including chen guangcheng. now, mr. chen himself may be included in the list of whose behalf the united states advocates for. chinese nationals are not the only ones being prohibited from trying to meet his or chen. the foreign correspondents club of china reported...
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. >> okay, thank you, jodi, the book is "the obamas," and the author is jodi kantor. >> and thank you, dave, for -- [applause] >> folks, thank you -- if you want to get your book signed, we'll line up on the far hallway, my right, your left. books are for sale in the front of the store in the lobby, and jodi's book, and we have copy of david's book as well. thank you for joining us. have a great evening. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> you can see this event again this weekend on booktv, saturday at 11 p.m. eastern and sunday at 7:30 p.m. eastern and any time at booktv.org. >> believe it or not, and i know most people do not, violence has been in decline for a long period of time, and we, today, are probably living in the most peaceful time in our species' existence. the decline to violence has not been steady, has not brought it down to zero, and it's not guaranteed to continue. nonetheless, it's a per sis tent historical development new on scales from my len ya to years, wars and jen sides, to the spanking of children and treatment of animals. this evening, i'
. >> okay, thank you, jodi, the book is "the obamas," and the author is jodi kantor. >> and thank you, dave, for -- [applause] >> folks, thank you -- if you want to get your book signed, we'll line up on the far hallway, my right, your left. books are for sale in the front of the store in the lobby, and jodi's book, and we have copy of david's book as well. thank you for joining us. have a great evening. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >>...
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issues the political observer, the obama turnout. there's this restaurant near the church that we go to, a catholic church that right next door is a storefront, obama for america organizing before the election, seen what are they doing? what could they possibly be doing? now we know. >> they're registering voters. >> they're registering voters and turning them out in ways they never have before. it admiration and can't wait to copy and improve it and bring it forward. on the other hand, florida is a state that people are very interested about the future and particularly their opportunity to stay in the middle class or get to the middle class. for whatever reason at the end of the day, which did not do a job of convincing people are desperate irradiate is. >> what can publicans learn from >> whoever has the high ground is going to win. we could never allow that to happen. i think that's important. one lesson we want to make sure from a technological perspective your state-of-the-art in communicating your message to people in identifyi
issues the political observer, the obama turnout. there's this restaurant near the church that we go to, a catholic church that right next door is a storefront, obama for america organizing before the election, seen what are they doing? what could they possibly be doing? now we know. >> they're registering voters. >> they're registering voters and turning them out in ways they never have before. it admiration and can't wait to copy and improve it and bring it forward. on the other...
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into office we had never taken that basic step right here at home. now we have. [applause] the national hiv/aids strategy has given a nuisance of domestic and purpose to our domestic response. it starts with more funding. roughly a decade before the president came into office domestic hiv prevention funding had been flat. since president obama has come into office resources of increased every year he has been here. and on thursday we announced nearly $80 million for hiv/aids treatment. [applause] that will help us expand care for 14,002 patients, and say stella's that is the amount needed to allow them to fully clear the waiting list. that is a good step. [applause] under our new domestic strategy we are also targeting existing resources more effectively, to the communities that have been the hardest hit. already we have made key changes in how we distribute funds to help departments. moving to a new formula that better reflects the needs of today, and we are focusing on the interventions that have been proven to work best, including testing time car
into office we had never taken that basic step right here at home. now we have. [applause] the national hiv/aids strategy has given a nuisance of domestic and purpose to our domestic response. it starts with more funding. roughly a decade before the president came into office domestic hiv prevention funding had been flat. since president obama has come into office resources of increased every year he has been here. and on thursday we announced nearly $80 million for hiv/aids treatment....
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they are from obama's campaign. all of those things when it gets to that point, and the 30-second sound bite on a stage with eight people, and just doesn't play right. i think you'll see him as a different guy this next time in the next debates though, too. anybody else? paul? >> a couple weeks ago, we went to see steve forbes represent rick perry and talk to us about his collaboration with him on his, you know, financial plan going forward. very impressive, of course. a question i forgot to ask him was, you know, was he going to protect, you know, again, coming from steve forbes, would they be protecting social security going forward and what that plan was and can you speak to that at all? >> kind of what fred was saying. that's the first thing out of the debate. anybody that knew anything knew it had nothing to do with touching people's social security already in there. that's what i've been hard on the campaign from day one. i think the highlight of his campaign is when he said "ponzi scheme," and if you don't be
they are from obama's campaign. all of those things when it gets to that point, and the 30-second sound bite on a stage with eight people, and just doesn't play right. i think you'll see him as a different guy this next time in the next debates though, too. anybody else? paul? >> a couple weeks ago, we went to see steve forbes represent rick perry and talk to us about his collaboration with him on his, you know, financial plan going forward. very impressive, of course. a question i forgot...
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-- because she said it exactly right. my restaurant has to make a million dollars for me to pay all the employees, the 33 taxes we haven't business and then me and my husband only make $100,000 he and his wife only make $100,000. Épee 39% in taxes which is $30,000 or more and he pays $3000. how is that fair? >> host: thank you. maria bartiromo. >> guest: yeah, i mean it is unfortunate because you have a very very large swath of people that are being impacted by significant taxes when you look at the numbers. it's debatable on whether or not this group should be combined with the so-called millionaires and billionaires. raising taxes on people, individuals making more than $200,000 a year, that is a risky proposition because frankly anecdotally i have friends, good a good friend of mine works. from actually and her husband works for the government and collectively they bring in about $250,000. they have got three kids and by the time they pay for food and for the kids and gas and doing everything for the necessities that
-- because she said it exactly right. my restaurant has to make a million dollars for me to pay all the employees, the 33 taxes we haven't business and then me and my husband only make $100,000 he and his wife only make $100,000. Épee 39% in taxes which is $30,000 or more and he pays $3000. how is that fair? >> host: thank you. maria bartiromo. >> guest: yeah, i mean it is unfortunate because you have a very very large swath of people that are being impacted by significant taxes...
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to step back a little bit from international or an engagement or president obama has said we need to do nation building a home to again reestablish ourselves. what is your view on that? >> well, i think it is true that if you go back to the dominant countries or civilizations, they eventually come to one reason or another. one of the reasons they comment or decline is because the world has changed, the environment has changed and they try to hang onto the old model too long without adjusting to the new one. that is a challenge that faces us. we are in my view in a position right now of great historical, potentially great historical consequences. because of our own internal economic situation at the help of wit drives a lot of who we are and the rest of the world. and until you get your own house in order, it's kind of hard to number one, manage to influence the world. and you certainly can't preach to others how to do it quite effectively. but i really believe this is a very historical moment for the united states because yoko is the economy, so goes just about everything else. we ha
to step back a little bit from international or an engagement or president obama has said we need to do nation building a home to again reestablish ourselves. what is your view on that? >> well, i think it is true that if you go back to the dominant countries or civilizations, they eventually come to one reason or another. one of the reasons they comment or decline is because the world has changed, the environment has changed and they try to hang onto the old model too long without...
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, the right to education which we've seen for a sample of the student loan program and president obama and changes with the housing to a decent home which goes to urban renewal and then to the community reinvestment act in the 1970's which promises lower interest rates to poor people so they can have homes which accelerates the mortgage crisis which comes unhinged in the last five years, the right to medical care we see with president obama and obamacare so i'm simply saying the politics of today heavily shaped by what we saw happening in world war ii but what we saw happening in world war ii if we study it more carefully as the we got out of the great depression by freeing up the economy and cutting tax rates not by following the prescription to increase and perpetuate the high economic growth that we've experienced during world war ii. thank you. [applause] estimates before. we will open this up for questions now. please wait until i call on you and a microphone gets to you so that we get everything. i'm going to ask the first question, and that is i read this book and i found it a m
, the right to education which we've seen for a sample of the student loan program and president obama and changes with the housing to a decent home which goes to urban renewal and then to the community reinvestment act in the 1970's which promises lower interest rates to poor people so they can have homes which accelerates the mortgage crisis which comes unhinged in the last five years, the right to medical care we see with president obama and obamacare so i'm simply saying the politics of...
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all right. you are up first. >> thank you. i am bear betzler from philadelphia, pa., and it is great to be back here in new hampshire. i would like to acknowledge bill gardner and everyone at the election division that has been so helpful. as a lesser-knowns can it, people are quick to ask -- candidate, people are quick to ask why you are running, and i am grateful we have a state where the tradition allows all candidates to participate on equal footing in the primary process -- sharing their ideas and thoughts about the future of the united states. above all, my candidacy is a celebration of that opportunity. it might seem strange, but i'm not dead into politics. i'm like a lot of america -- not that into politics. i'm a lot like, -- a lot of americans disgusted. we are familiar with the social issues that divide us. we need to focus our energy on a single issue that defects pasquale where it is within our power to make rich effects costs all, where it is within our power. the budget deficit is
all right. you are up first. >> thank you. i am bear betzler from philadelphia, pa., and it is great to be back here in new hampshire. i would like to acknowledge bill gardner and everyone at the election division that has been so helpful. as a lesser-knowns can it, people are quick to ask -- candidate, people are quick to ask why you are running, and i am grateful we have a state where the tradition allows all candidates to participate on equal footing in the primary process -- sharing...
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president obama has every right and so does sct and secretary hillary clinton and dan benjamin every right to be proud of the damage we have inflicted on the core of al qaeda. not just thely elimination of high corral target. number one the successful prosecution of the drone war. for understandable reasons the ambassador didn't use the d word. i'm fortunatefully a position where i can use the d word. the drones have proven to be remarkably successful. of course they come with a price. what is most striking about this when you look at it is that the prosecution of this conflict is come with us keeping the government of pakistan as much as possible in the dark, and over the objections of the government on pakistan. president obama made an extraordinary decision in 2011. after he and his predecessor provided the government of pakistan with over $25 billion in military and economic assistance to fight al qaeda when the moment of truth came, he decided we couldn't trust the government of the pakistan. he was of course right. and the reason we have been more successful in dealing with the
president obama has every right and so does sct and secretary hillary clinton and dan benjamin every right to be proud of the damage we have inflicted on the core of al qaeda. not just thely elimination of high corral target. number one the successful prosecution of the drone war. for understandable reasons the ambassador didn't use the d word. i'm fortunatefully a position where i can use the d word. the drones have proven to be remarkably successful. of course they come with a price. what is...
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why do you think he is demanding publicly that president obama sent a red line to iran and are you saying you think that's a mistake? >> trudy rubin, the "philadelphia inquirer." follow it onto marcus question, i would like to ask you what you feel the predominate feeling is inside the israeli security about what is the real nature of the threat that iran presents to israel. the prime minister has produced an apocalyptic terms and the rhetoric makes it easy to adopt that position. the iranian intent is to a breakup capacity and they couldn't dare to hit israel because they destroyed our solemn, 2 million palestinians and ensure that part of their country was abbreviated. how do you think the predominate feeling among security experts within israel tends to be one way or the other? >> in previous cases, those on the iranian past decade than with other threats reportedly dealt with by israel, we've never seen this kind of discord we've seen in the past year. what do you think it is that it's changed? we hear so many voices coming out of israel, discussing not only politics and decisions men
why do you think he is demanding publicly that president obama sent a red line to iran and are you saying you think that's a mistake? >> trudy rubin, the "philadelphia inquirer." follow it onto marcus question, i would like to ask you what you feel the predominate feeling is inside the israeli security about what is the real nature of the threat that iran presents to israel. the prime minister has produced an apocalyptic terms and the rhetoric makes it easy to adopt that...
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right up there, standing. the gentleman standing. >> the question for which williamson you mentioned nuclear arms control and one of the things president obama did is continue ronald reagan's start framework with the s.t.a.r.t. framework. governor romney made quite an impression posing that and criticized by many republican national security leaders who noted that the treaty continues the intersected exception for missile defense continues the on-site verification. >> you have to ask a question, please. >> what governor romney adhere to his criticism of july 2010, and if elected, what he withdraw from the treaty and continue it? >> governor romney's stated his position which he wouldn't have supported the treaty when it was being deliberated in the senate. it is now in force like every new president he will do the review of our existing arms control agreements and other major policies but he said he isn't going to withdraw and i won't speculate. >> a question from the overflow crowd i would like to ask about t
right up there, standing. the gentleman standing. >> the question for which williamson you mentioned nuclear arms control and one of the things president obama did is continue ronald reagan's start framework with the s.t.a.r.t. framework. governor romney made quite an impression posing that and criticized by many republican national security leaders who noted that the treaty continues the intersected exception for missile defense continues the on-site verification. >> you have to...
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in this section right here very quickly. we cannot pushing trade agenda allows the president of the united states to offer the next president will be whether this president obama or whoever the republican nominee happens to be at the top of the agenda and i can tell you it just won't work. we won't go anywhere, the congress will follow, that people won't follow, we won't sell trade and it will enhance our jobs and the economy, and frankly our safety and freedom as well as political and strategic issues, so the president has to advocate. third, i'm going to say doha is dead. why don't we just admit it to each other. and as a there are certain things that are critical we can get done. for instance, as charlene can tell you the questions and answers, the i.t. agreement she did so well on the telecom agreement and financial service agreement or what, 15-years-old, 17-years-old? looked at what has happened just in the information technology since then. we were in the dark ages 17 years ago. we have to redo these agreements it mak
in this section right here very quickly. we cannot pushing trade agenda allows the president of the united states to offer the next president will be whether this president obama or whoever the republican nominee happens to be at the top of the agenda and i can tell you it just won't work. we won't go anywhere, the congress will follow, that people won't follow, we won't sell trade and it will enhance our jobs and the economy, and frankly our safety and freedom as well as political and...
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question in my opinion is that the primary process has moved republicans this romney so far to the right he is going to have to make a sharp u-turn. .. >> and if so, what influence that will have even if obama is reelected, regardless of what the supreme court may do. >> my sense is that the supreme court, following conventional wisdom, will strike down the affordable healthcare act. my own legal judgment is that it is constitutional under congressional authority, under article one in the comments of us. the way it has been interpreted. there have been many programs, social security and medicare, medicaid and others, which have served as real precedents. but you have a very ideological core, this is the court which elected bush and they came down with citizens divided, and kennedy is a swing vote. i have studied kennedy very closely since i participated in his confirmation in 1980. kennedy has a pension for the name kennedy court. the argument along a mandate, he said a couple of things. one was that the mandate certainly goes far toward an incursion on liberty. suggesting that he would
question in my opinion is that the primary process has moved republicans this romney so far to the right he is going to have to make a sharp u-turn. .. >> and if so, what influence that will have even if obama is reelected, regardless of what the supreme court may do. >> my sense is that the supreme court, following conventional wisdom, will strike down the affordable healthcare act. my own legal judgment is that it is constitutional under congressional authority, under article one...
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if they do, i think obama is going to be very good shape. >> even more so than last year social media being employed by the campaign, how important you think is going to be in making the case to voters? >> i think it is overwhelmingly important. so much now starts on media. you can't run it without social media constantly commenting on it. individuals can do their own comments on twitter. it's a powerful tool. i remember in 1984i used to go downstairs during the campaign and look at what people were saying as they set a precedent to the amount of money in the primary but what they were saying in terms of suggesting what he should do they have a lot of good ideas. but in those days was much less feedback. we would come light years ahead in the last these years and i think social media is going to be very powerful. >> democratic strategist, long time involved in this process as governor mitt romney looks forward to the fall campaign and his comments focusing on barack obama and his challenge to him and to hear from shrum how the campaign might shake up. thanks for talking with us. >> we
if they do, i think obama is going to be very good shape. >> even more so than last year social media being employed by the campaign, how important you think is going to be in making the case to voters? >> i think it is overwhelmingly important. so much now starts on media. you can't run it without social media constantly commenting on it. individuals can do their own comments on twitter. it's a powerful tool. i remember in 1984i used to go downstairs during the campaign and look at...
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this is precisely the right approach. the credible threat of military action can help enable diplomacy. but we have not reached a now or never moment from military action. a diplomatic solution is preferable and more sustainable. our basis of this conclusion is based on four arguments. i go into much greater detail in the written testimony. first, the threat is growing but not yet eminem. according to u.s. intelligence officials, it would currently take a run for months to produce sufficient weapons for a single nuclear bomb. and a least a year total to produce a device. once they decide to do so, it would take several more years to develop a nuclear warhead for a missile. although i run is developing nuclear weapons keep abilities, director clapper has testified that there is no hard evidence that they have net yet made the decisions to translate those capabilities into a bomb. moreover, he is unable to ask her weapon anytime soon. it will lower uranium stockpiles and because international atomic agency officials would d
this is precisely the right approach. the credible threat of military action can help enable diplomacy. but we have not reached a now or never moment from military action. a diplomatic solution is preferable and more sustainable. our basis of this conclusion is based on four arguments. i go into much greater detail in the written testimony. first, the threat is growing but not yet eminem. according to u.s. intelligence officials, it would currently take a run for months to produce sufficient...
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the right to trial by jury whether they were appointed by ronald reagan or president obama. so we'll have that fight on another day. i will say, though, that our oath of office says that we will defend the constitution against enemies, foreign and domestic. i met with cadets this week and they asked me about, what is the freedom we fight for? the freedom we fight for is the bill of rights, is the constitution. if we have careless disregard for the constitution, what are we fighting for? i i will tell you since i know this record of this debate will be widely read that i want to make former objection to the crazy bastards standard. i don't really think that if we're going to have a crazy bastard standard that we shouldn't have a right to trial by jury, because if we're going to lock up all the crazy bastards, for goodness sakes, would you not want if you're a crazy bastard to have a right to trial by jury? i think this is a very serious debate and should not be made frivolous. this is an ancient right that we have defended for 800 years, for goodness sakes. to say that habeas
the right to trial by jury whether they were appointed by ronald reagan or president obama. so we'll have that fight on another day. i will say, though, that our oath of office says that we will defend the constitution against enemies, foreign and domestic. i met with cadets this week and they asked me about, what is the freedom we fight for? the freedom we fight for is the bill of rights, is the constitution. if we have careless disregard for the constitution, what are we fighting for? i i...
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. >> we have a question right here. the microphone. if you could identify yourself. >> el colton with the hill this paper. i just want to get your thoughts on president obama's region to appointments of richard scored ray in the apartment to the nlrb during a 2-day break in between pro-forma sessions. demonstrations argues that they are a sham sessions. was that -- were those justified under the constitution? >> you may find a difference here. >> i think the president is entirely justified. for two reasons. one, because, as was said earlier, we're making it harder and harder and harder for nominees to go through this incredibly laborious and painful and time-consuming process, and there is no end. it gets worse by the year. and so that alone seems to me to be a factor in where do you draw the line. the second part of it is that constitutionally as i understand it there is not any clear direction with regard to what is a real session, but these are bogus sessions. we know that. it does violate, to a certain extent certainly past precede
. >> we have a question right here. the microphone. if you could identify yourself. >> el colton with the hill this paper. i just want to get your thoughts on president obama's region to appointments of richard scored ray in the apartment to the nlrb during a 2-day break in between pro-forma sessions. demonstrations argues that they are a sham sessions. was that -- were those justified under the constitution? >> you may find a difference here. >> i think the president is...
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that was what president obama said in 2008, it's what he's doing right now. look at all the string of broken promises. if you like your health care plan, you can keep it. try telling that to the 20 million people who are projected to lose their health insurance if obamacare goes through or the 7.4 million seniors who are going to lose it. or remember when he said this: i guarantee if you make less than $250,000, your taxes won't go up. of the 21 tax increases in obamacare, 12 of them hit the middle class. or remember when he said health insurance premiums will go down $2500 per family per year? or when he said i promise i'll cut the deficit in half in four years. we've had four budgets, $4 trillion deficits. a debt crisis is coming. we can't keep spending and borrowing like this. we can't keep spending money we don't have. leaders run to problems to fix problems. president obama has not even put a credible plan on the table in any of his four years that deal with this debt crisis. i passed two budgets to deal with this. mitt romney's put ideas on the table. w
that was what president obama said in 2008, it's what he's doing right now. look at all the string of broken promises. if you like your health care plan, you can keep it. try telling that to the 20 million people who are projected to lose their health insurance if obamacare goes through or the 7.4 million seniors who are going to lose it. or remember when he said this: i guarantee if you make less than $250,000, your taxes won't go up. of the 21 tax increases in obamacare, 12 of them hit the...
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the country is going through something pretty tumultuous right now. we are having a grand debate and it's a fight and again i always want to be respectful about where we are is a country. i think when president president obama got elected, big chunk of the country sort of did a timeout, where are we going? our government is getting too big and it's doing things government didn't use to do and then the election in 2010 i think they sent folks like us to congress to join in that debate and one other point, to help educate the american people. maybe this is something ms. duckworth and i can agree on. as a country we need to wake up because we really are not working in the economy is not growing. it's always easy to tear into the politicians but i think as a country we need to wake up and get educated. the last point, we have raised the debt ceiling a number of times. >> moderator: we will get to the specifics but before we get to that you said you weren't going to compromise and i'd like to follow. if you were reelected to a second term you would be will
the country is going through something pretty tumultuous right now. we are having a grand debate and it's a fight and again i always want to be respectful about where we are is a country. i think when president president obama got elected, big chunk of the country sort of did a timeout, where are we going? our government is getting too big and it's doing things government didn't use to do and then the election in 2010 i think they sent folks like us to congress to join in that debate and one...
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policy is right now. so i think for him to be able to say that he is, to make a distinction come he is going to have to be more specific. >> host: talk about israel. >> guest: a lot of this has come well over weary of campaigning, where governor romney has tried very hard to show this closeness with israel and expose the obama administration for not having a closeness. israel be america's greatest friend. we can't sit here and pretend that hasn't happened to do in some way with fund raising on the campaign trail and also looking at jewish voters in florida and california and hoping that this message of closeness with israel would result in campaign treasurer. campaign funds. >> host: vice president joe biden during the vp debate talked about israel and iran. let's listen to that. >> with regard to the ability of the united states to take action militarily, it is not my purview to talk about classified information. but we feel quite confident we could deal a serious blow to the iranians. number two, the is
policy is right now. so i think for him to be able to say that he is, to make a distinction come he is going to have to be more specific. >> host: talk about israel. >> guest: a lot of this has come well over weary of campaigning, where governor romney has tried very hard to show this closeness with israel and expose the obama administration for not having a closeness. israel be america's greatest friend. we can't sit here and pretend that hasn't happened to do in some way with fund...